Today I found myself thinking about how screwed up our society is right now and I think I honed in on the two biggest reasons we're tearing each other apart. It's a combination of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance. I'll explain it.

A conversation today left me facing a tricky bit of self-reflection that ultimately left me wallowing in some frustrating self-deprecation.

There's no mistaking that today's politically polarized social media environment is straining relationships to the limit. I'm no exception. I've lost friends over social media arguments and yesterday it might have happened again. I had a friend go off the deep end over politics.

Age is almost never a fun topic, but as I approach my 45th birthday a few weeks from now, I was struck by my own reflection in the mirror today. We all have our own residual self-image in our minds, what we "think" we look like. Well today, when I looked in the mirror I was struck by the site of my Grandfather's eyes looking back at me.

Indeed we are now living in the age of the keyboard warriors. Folks that spend as much time as they have actively posting comments with no other goal than to inflict damage upon those they disagree with. Who are the people? Mostly, we don't know because they tend to hide behind the safety of fake profiles. What's really scary though are the ones that do it out in the open for all the world to see.

Season 2 kicks off with a breakdown of what I intend to talk about for the next little while. Basically, it's people. What drives them, and what motivates them. Why people sometimes act poorly as well as those times when people rise. As always I don't expect much of anyone will listen to this, let alone listen to the whole thing. For those that do, thank you and perhaps there's a little something different hiding towards the end. 

Episode 20 and time to wrap this up. I can say with complete sincerity that this first season has indeed been helpful. It's time to close this story and move on to the next one, though. There are just two things I want to wrap up first and give myself a final answer.

Episode 19 is where I think I finally come to terms with this idea that I have somehow failed simply because nothing I have ever created has made me rich or famous. The truth is that it's the people who have listened, watched, and followed me that equal success. Those that cheered me on, lifted me up, and put their faith in me that really mattered. So where do I go from here?

Episode 18 and once again I fell headfirst into a revelation that I wasn't prepared for. That's happened a few times this season. So many people have shown my so much friendship, love, and support over all of these years, and today I found myself wondering if I might be spitting in the face of their kindness by doing any of this.

Episode 17 and I finally get down to brass tacks when it comes to social media and being a content creator. The bottom line for me is, social media has always been a great big echo chamber or follow for follow, view for view, and sub for sub. It's content creators trying to promote their stuff to other content creators who are trying to promote their stuff to other content creators. It's circular logic and only now after failing at it for 15 years can I admit that I was never good at it. Go figure.